BookMyShow Joins Grab Ventures Velocity Program With An Eye On Southeast Asia

BookMyShow Joins Grab Ventures Velocity Program With An Eye On Southeast Asia

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BookMyShow is the only Indian startup taking part in the 16-week programme

Singapore-based Grab will give BookMyShow access to its customers in Indonesia market

The company recently raised $100 Mn in a Series-D funding

Mumbai-based entertainment startup BookMyShow announced today (November 22) that it has joined a 16-week programme that helps companies scale up, organised by Grab Ventures, the venture capital arm of Singapore-based GrabTaxi Holdings Pte Ltd.

Grab runs ride-hailing, ride sharing, food delivery service, and logistics services in Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia.

As part of the Grab Ventures Velocity Program, BookMyShow’s offerings will be featured on the Grab homepage feed, enabling users to browse and books services on the Grab app. This will give BookMyShow access to Grab’s customers and deeper access to the Indonesian market as well.

Karan Khetan, co-founder, BookMyShow Indonesia, said, “BookMyShow is excited to partner with the Grab Ventures Velocity Program. Grab is an integral part of almost everyone’s daily lives in the entire SE Asian region and they bring with them extensive market expertise which will be instrumental as we look to accelerate our growth plans in Indonesia and region. We have seen phenomenal synergies with Grab that were win-win for both companies.”

BookMyShow, which forayed into Indonesia in mid-2016, is the only Indian company to be part of this programme, which includes startups such as Helpling from Germany, Minutes and Sejasa from Indonesia, and Tueetor from Singapore.

BookMyShow recently raised $100 Mn in a Series-D funding led by TPG Growth.

The online ticketing platform which operates under parent company Big Tree Entertainment Pvt Ltd, reported a 20% increase in its revenue for the financial year 2017-18.

According to the filings, accessed via Tofler, a business intelligence platform for India, the company’s total revenue for the year was $54.4 Mn (INR 400.71 Cr), against $45.16 Mn (INR 332.38 Cr).

In the online ticketing segment, BookMyShow faces stiff competition from digital payments company Paytm.

Struggling with a declining growth rate, the company is currently trying to scale up its non-movie business to bring it on par with its movie-ticketing business with forays into international events and live entertainment.

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